Exelon plans to further reduce its internal operations greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2022. This is the third in a series of GHG commitments Exelon has undertaken, with the first two programs resulting in the avoidance of more than 67.8 million metric tons of emissions -- the equivalent of taking 14.5 million vehicles off the road for a year.

Exelon commits to a 15% reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from their internal operations. The new goal targets the 1.1. million metric tons of GHG emissions associated with internal operations as of 2015, and aims to achieve the 15% reduction by 2022.

By 2022, the cumulative impact of actions associated with Exelon's new GHG reduction goal, combined with Exelon's continued focus on clean generation and customer energy efficiency programs will avoid more than 700 million metric tons of carbon emissions. That's nearly the same as saving one million acres of trees from deforestation for six years.

We are reaching out to suppliers to submit topics for practice sharing opportunities. The objectives of these sessions are to share effective solutions to sustainability challenges that are relevant to the full industry.

The Billion Dollar Roundtable Inc. (BDR), a top-level advocacy
organization that promotes corporate supplier diversity excellence, announced that Exelon will be inducted as the organization’s 27th member company. Exelon is the first energy company to join the exclusive group of U.S.-based corporations that have achieved $1 billion or more in annual, direct spending with minority and women-owned businesses.

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